The Joy of Faith in the Shadow of Death: Addressed to the Respectable Family of the Blakers of Bolney, in Sussex, Upon the Death of an Indulgent Husband, a Tender Father, and an Honest Believer in Christ

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Page 20 - For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth ; The poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, And shall save the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence : And precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Page 75 - According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Page 109 - But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while : for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Page 36 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Page 29 - And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.

Page 151 - Therefore let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

Page 119 - It was but a little that I passed from them, But I found him whom my soul loveth : I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Page 109 - Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up : some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : and when the sun was up, they were scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Page 22 - What then ? are we better than they ? No, in no wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one : there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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The Joy of Faith in the Shadow of Death: Addressed to the Respectable Family of the Blakers of Bolney, in Sussex, Upon the Death of an Indulgent Husband, a Tender Father, and an Honest Believer in Christ